Manufacture of cigars.



UNITED *sTATEs PATENT" orrron.

MANUFACTURE OF CIGARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed December 17, 1906. Serial No. 348,249.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. BUTLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Manhattan, New York city, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Mannfacture ofCigars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of cigars, and has especialreference to the form of wrapper employed and the manner in which thesame is applied about the filler.

One object of the invention is to enable cigars to be manufactured by amethod whereby a long filler is enveloped by a long continuous wrapper,and the resulting rod or long cigar cut into desired lengths, ascontradistinguished from the methodsat present in vogue in whichindividual tobacco wrappers are first cut from a leaf and are thenwrapped about suitable quantities of filler thus forming the cigarssingly.

Another object of my invention is to dispense with the making of abunch, thereby saving time, labor and expense.

A urther object of the invention is to obviate the use of a binder. Byomitting the binderI not only save the cost thereof, but also improvethe quality of the cigar, inasmuch as the material generally employedfor binders is of inferior grade and tends to detrimen tally affect thequality of the completed article.

The principal features of the invention consist in preparing a longwrapper made from strips of tobacco leaves, manipulating this wrapper asby folding or in other suitable manner so that it presents a pluralityof layers, and winding the wrapper about the filler, prefcrably in aspiral form, either by hand or by machine.

As an aid to a clear understanding of my invention I append theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure l. is'a perspective view of a stripcut from a tobacco leaf; Fig. 2 is a view illustrating several of thesestrips joined end to end to form a long wrapper; Fig. 3 is a viewillustrating the wrapper shown in Fig. 2 as folded upon itself, theveins in the two layers being arranged to cross each other. Fig. i is aview similar to Fig. 3 but showing the wrapper cut at its median lineand the two layers so arranged that the veins therein will run parallelor substantially so; and Fig. 5 is a view illustrating a fillerpartially enwrapped by a spirally wound wrapper.

The present invention does n01 contemplate the production of anyparticular form of machine upon which the herein described method ofmanufacture may be performed, nor is my invention applicable only in themanufacture of cigars by the continuous method, the invention beingequally useful whether the cigars are made singly or are cut from apreformed rod.

In the drawing 1. represents a tobacco strip in which are usually foundimperfections or perforations 2 and the wrapper upon itself, preferablyat the median line 5, whereby I obtain a wrapper of double thickness inwhich the perforations or imperfections 2 in one layer.

are covered by the material of the adjacent layer, and the veins 3 ofone layer cross similar veins of the other layer. I may also form thewrapper as illustrated in Fig. 4, where the strips of tobacco are shownas having been cut along their median line 5 and the two layerssuperposed with the veins in each layer running in the same generaldirection. If desired I may apply a suitable adhesive substa'nce betweenthe layers to hold them closely together.'

The form of wrapper illustrated in Fig. 3 is the preferred one, as Ihave found in practice that a cigar enveloped in a wrapper wherein theveins of the double layers cross each other draws freely and presents asmooth and finished appearance.

It is of course understood that, if desired, the wrapper may consist ofmore than two superposed layers, either formed by folding or laying oneupon the other and with or without adhesive material between the layers.

When the wrapper is completed it is wound, prefer ably spirally, aboutthe filler 6 and the wrapper ends secured in any suitable manner. Itwill be noted that no binder is needed, the wrapper when passing aboutthe filler exerts sufficient compressive force to prevent disintegrationof the latter. If the continuous method of manufacture be employed thelong cigar is cut into suitable lengths after being wrapped, while ofcourse, if the cigars have had the wrappers placed thereon individuallysuch cutting into lengths is unnecessary.

Numerous advantages ever present methods of manu facture result from theuse of my invention. Firstly, I am enabled to make cigars by thecontinuous method owing to the fact that the wrapper when of greaterthickness than one layer of leaf has sufficient tensile strength to bedrawn taut without breaking and may thus-be wound upon a reel andsuitably fed to the wrapping mechanism. The output of cigars within agiven period is consequently increased several fold. Secondly, indispensing with a bunch I decrease the cost of manufacture by effectinga decided saving in time and labor. Thirdly, owing to the relativearrangement of the veins in the two wrapper layers I produce a cigarwhich smokes freely and has a smooth, finished appearance. Fourthly, inpreparing my wrapper by cutting strips from tobacco leaf, I employ, forwrapper purposes, practically all the available portions of the leaf andno waste results, as is the case when individual rectangular wrappersare cut from a tobacco leaf.

Having thus described my invention what I claim.

as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Animprovenient inthe art of manufacturing cigars,

consisting in preparing a wrapper from strips of tobacco leaf joined endto end, forming said wrapper into a plurality of layers and winding thesame spirally about a filler, substantially as described.

2. An improvement in the art of manufacturing cigars, consisting injoining strips of tobacco leaf end to end, and forming the same into awrapper comprising a plurality of layers having the veins in adjacentlayers cross each other, and winding the wrapper spirally about afiller, substantially as described.

3. An improvement in the art of manufacturing cigars consisting injoining strips of tobacco leaf end to end to form a wrapper, cuttingsaid wrapper into sections, superposingthe resulting sections of thewrapper so that the veins thereof will run in the same generaldirection, and

winding the wrapper spirally about a filler, substantially as described.

4. An improvement in the art of manufacturing cigars consisting injoining strips of tobacco leaf end to end as a step in the formation ofa wrapper, forming the partially completed wrapper into a plurality ofsuperposed layers and winding the wrapper spirally about a filler,substantially as described.

An improvement in the art of manufacturing cigars consisting in joiningstrips of tobacco leaf end to end as a step in the formation of awrapper, forming the partially completed wrapper into a plurality ofsuperposed layers, applying adhesive substance between the layers, andwinding the wrapper spirally about a filler, substantially as described.

6. An improvement in the art of manufacturing cigars consisting-injoining strips of tobacco leaf end to end as a step in the formation ofa wrapper, cutting the partially formed wrapper into sections,super-posing said sections and applying adhesive substance between thesections which form layers of the completed wrapper, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have ailixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. BUTLER.

Witnesses O'rro MUNK, CLARISSA FRANCK.

